SAILING TO COLLEGE

There he goes, in just a few days, Number Two Son, the tallest of the lot, the rock climbing, debating, smile on his sleeve, besotted boy, driving the Volvo wagon he found on eBay five years ago– a steal at $900, and just a little over 300 thousand miles on the odo– filled with his books and a new computer and his four season down blanket, four years of books and challenge and fun laying before him, like so much carrot cake and spinach lasagna, tempting and fragrant. What could possibly be any better?
(August 18th, Brant Lake, NY)